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The British market hall : a social and architectural history / James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls
by Schmiechen, James (1947-)
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii, 312 pp., illustrations, maps, 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index. Contents; Introduction: Food, Markets, and History -- pt. 1. Urban Space and the Reinvention of the Public Market. 1. The Traditional Market. 2. Inventing the Market Hall. 3. Ownership, Tolls, and Market Reform -- pt. 2. The Architecture and Design of the Public Market. 4. Great Expectations: Moral Architecture and Social Purpose. 5. Market Hall Architecture: Typology and Design. 6. Construction, Site, and Materials -- pt. 3. The Market Hall and Socioeconomic Change. 7. Food, the Market Hall, and the Standard of Living. 8. Patterns of Growth and Reform. 9. The Grand Age of the Market Hall, 1830-90 -- pt. 4. Decline and Recovery. 10. The Public Market and the Retail Revolution, 1890-1939: Decline or Modernization? Subjects; Markets England History. Food supply. Commercial buildings. Public spaces. City and town life.
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- Title
- The British market hall : a social and architectural history / James Schmiechen and Kenneth Carls
- Author
- Schmiechen, James (1947-)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300060645
- ISBN 13
- 9780300060645
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1999
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